“Yeah, Jody [Porter] left. He’s a great guitar player.”

I think ultimately what you really want is a few people within any label that are into the band enough to really work on it every day for a long time and to actually try a little bit.

But obviously, the major labels have more money to spend, so if they feel like spending it, they have bigger resources there when you need them.

I don’t know that it was much better thirty years ago. The music industry just wasn’t as efficient.

The music industry was more oddball guys who did it for fun and now they are huge corporations that have become more structured.

He was with the Gigolo Ants before, and he’s really good.

I don’t know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business.

I’m not sure if he’ll end up as the permanent guitar player, but he’s the type of guy who can kind of step in and play anything.

It doesn’t always necessarily translate into them doing a better job for a band, but I think especially if you’re playing the game of commercial radio and making videos and stuff like that, that’s sort of an expensive proposition.

Most of what was released has always been garbage and some has been able to get through and last.

We have a guy named Phil Hurley who is going to go out on tour with us now.

Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I’m fine. I’m in another world – in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.

Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I’ve ever heard.

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to be a guitar vehicle, because that’s what I wanted it to be.

If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.

I’m only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.

I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that’s a strong character, the stronger the person is.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.